Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Motors, Stores & Supplies and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.12% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 25.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.000 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was up 10.00% or 0.300 points to 3.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 10.97% or 6.80 points to end at 55.20 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) shed 9.28% or 34.80 points to 340.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 69 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.67% or 0.38 to $57.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.77% or 0.49 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1243.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.26% to 204.485, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 153.190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.99.